whimsically eccentric behavior

Im going to hold your hand when I say this. It is not realistic to expect yourself or your family to be able to survive solely off of food you have foraged or grown in a garden. People with more knowledge and experience have tried and failed. What do you think happened to all of those communes in the 60s? Most of them failed. Famine and malnutrition have been constant companions to humanity until industrialized farming and food supply lines came along.

I think (for Americans, at least) this idea can be traced back to the pioneer/westward expansion around the 1800s, and the propaganda that was based on that in the 1950s-60s.

In addition to the above, people will have a vague idea that the peoples who are native to America were able to "do it", so they should be able to figure it out, too. But the thing is, the way the native peoples approach foraging involved a lot of care taking of the land over multiple generations to create and maintain and improve their food sources. At least in the region I'm in, these food growing areas are dispersed to where the plants grew best, instead of trying to grow all of the food species in one location. Once you start learning about it, the hunting and gathering looks less like mainstream American ideas about hunting and foraging and more like a really awesome agricultural system. (Incredible variety over the continent cannot be summarized in one post so I'm not gonna try)

the grimble

I made facesprites for the flowers (cos blue and flowery were hogging them all)

i really love this gif he shines so bright

Toby Fox: Tenna is a character who is driven by nostalgia and a yearning to return to an idyllic past that no longer exists. His fear of abandonment - while entirely justified - causes him to lash out and behave in ways which are detrimental to those around him. He has an unhealthy relationship with the others darkners in his life, who in turn exacerbate his fears and contribute to his worsening mental health. He is also quite literally stuck in an environment that no longer cares for him. At his lowest he becomes so intent on bringing the Dreemurrs back that he ends up hurting them and finally driving away his workers for good. In the end Susie understands that Tenna needs a change of environment and a chance to start new relationships, just like the chance she was given. It becomes clear that if Tenna stays where he is now (both in a physical and mental sense) that it will only lead to his own demise. His past love may be gone, but that doesn't mean there's nobody out there who will love him again. This message is only further reinforced by the fact he continues to spiral and exhibit concerning behaviour when he is kept in Castle Town, as opposed to being given to Mettaton, who immediately uses and enjoys his new television (who was an inspiration for Tenna btw. Have I mentioned that? Did you guys see the Mettaton Tenna parallels? Did you see them guys?)